minor chipping evident in the blue enamels on the arm at 12 o'clock
Schachtwas awarded the Purple Heart
the spine perforated with four eyelets reinforced with metal grommets through which is looped a drawstring which maintains the album’s structural integrity
measuring 38 mm (w) x 12 mm (h)
the obverse bearing a hand-embroidered silver aluminum wire Luftwaffe eagle
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by Carl Wild consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac minor chipping evident in the(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber mit Etui). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 107 for Carl Wild, Hamburg, measuring 36. 86 mm (w) x 44. 28 mm (h), weighing 25. 3 grams,